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It seems as though Twitter is finally ready to get down to business. Following search deals with Microsoft and Google that put the company at break even for 2009 and the recent hiring of a CFO, Twitter is now said to be readying the launch of its long-rumored ad platform.

Twitter just announced that it now sees 50 million non-spam messages every day. That's interesting but it means more when you look at it in context.

Facebook appears to have made a third acquisition — this one smaller than its two previous buys. What’s more, Facebook has shut down the company’s service immediately.

House thieves have been given a leg-up by a new Web site that allows people to see whether or not you are at home -- thanks to information you're probably already posting online.

The social network reveals details of a stripped-down, text-only version of its mobile site called Facebook Zero.

Google is making important changes to Buzz to address criticism from users and privacy advocates.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs has a new way to communicate directly to people — Twitter. President Barack Obama's chief spokesman ventured into the Twitter world on Saturday with his first 'tweet' or Twitter message on his ...

You owe it to yourself to stop for a moment and examine how much of your personal information will be public when you're using Google Buzz and whether you're comfortable with that.

Google Inc injected social networking features into its popular Web email product as the world's No. 1 search engine seeks to fend off competition from Facebook and Twitter.